Chief Financial Officer | Dallas, TX
A partner of Titus Talent Strategies is hiring a Chief Financial Officer. The organization is one of the largest low-barrier emergency shelters in Dallas, and the CFO will run the finances behind its mission.
Reporting to the COO and working closely with the executive team, you will lead all financial operations: strategy, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, audit, and compliance. Funding comes from government grants, private philanthropy, churches, and individual donors. Every dollar you manage goes to shelter, meals, medical respite, and a path home for thousands of people each year.
You will also be building. The organization is growing, has a capital project underway, and is moving to industry-standard systems that can scale. The role also covers IT, facilities, corporate insurance, and HR, and puts you in front of a board that includes some of Dallas's most prominent philanthropists.
Why This Role
• Mission at Scale: Homelessness is one of the biggest challenges facing American cities. This organization does the work on the ground in Dallas, and your financial leadership makes that work possible.
• A Build Mandate: You won't just keep things running. You will put lasting systems in place, bring finance up to industry standard, and build what the next several years of growth will need.
• A Real Voice: You will sit at the leadership table and in board and finance committee meetings, helping set strategy, not just report on it.
About the Organization
This is an independent, faith-based nonprofit with a long history in Dallas. It welcomes people of all faiths and backgrounds and pairs emergency shelter with wraparound services that help clients leave homelessness for good. It recently moved into a large, modern facility with dormitories, classrooms, a commercial kitchen, a computer lab, and dedicated medical spaces.
What You'll Do
• Financial Strategy & Stewardship: Own long-range planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and cash flow. Turn the numbers into guidance the CEO, COO, and board can act on.
• Grant Compliance & Funding Integrity: Keep a growing grants function in line with every public and private funding requirement. That covers restricted funds and Uniform Grant Management Standards.
• Audit, Controls & Reporting: Lead the annual audit, keep reporting clean under GAAP and nonprofit regulations, and build strong internal controls.
• Expanded Operations Portfolio: Oversee IT, facilities, corporate insurance, and HR so you can see how the whole organization runs.
• Team Leadership: Lead a finance team of two plus an incoming grants administrator, alongside the IT and facilities leaders. Work with a third-party accounting firm and coach the team up to industry standard.
• Board & Executive Partnership: Explain the finances clearly to the board and finance committee, and build trust with leadership and the philanthropic community.
What Success Looks Like
• 90 Days: Learn the cost drivers across every program and funding stream. Get a working command of the compliance requirements. Earn the team's trust. Step into the budget cycle as the new fiscal year opens November 1.
• 180 Days: Take full ownership of budgeting, forecasting, and reporting. Bring IT, facilities, insurance, and HR into one financial view. Set a reporting cadence the board can rely on.
• 365 Days: Deliver a three-year proforma. Put systems in place that can support 20–30 more team members. Bring finance operations up to industry standard. Partner on fundraising for capital needs.
What You Bring
Must-Have:
• Nonprofit finance experience: grant compliance, restricted and unrestricted funds, and public and private funding
• Experience as a sitting CFO, a controller ready to step up, or a nonprofit auditor from a major firm
• Strong command of industry-standard nonprofit reporting
• The ability to absorb large volumes of information and hold a grants administrator accountable for compliance
• Comfort working in and around a homeless-services environment
• CPA strongly preferred
Nice-to-Have:
• Construction or capital project experience
• Familiarity with New Markets Tax Credits
• MIP or a similar nonprofit accounting system
• Experience overseeing IT, facilities, insurance, or HR
• MBA or additional finance certifications
Who Thrives Here
You treat compliance as a craft, not a chore, and you get energy from building the systems a growing organization needs. You're as comfortable in a boardroom with philanthropists as you are in a shelter that keeps its doors open on the coldest nights. You think ahead, build toward what's next, and can explain finance clearly to anyone.
This isn't the right seat for someone who wants a back-office role far from the mission, who needs a large finance team already in place, or who has little interest in grant compliance and nonprofit reporting.
This search is being conducted by Titus Talent Strategies on behalf of our partner.
